Temporary binder.



No. ?80,904. PATENTED JAN. 24, 1905.

s. H. MOVITTY. TBMPORARY BINDBR.

APPLIOATION EILED MAY 24, 1904.

W/TNESSES: .5. /N VENTO? 4 ATTORNEYS To (Ji/ll whom, it may cancer-n:

UNITED STATES Patented January 24, 1905. i

PATENT OFFICE.

TEMPORARY BINDR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. '780,904, dated January 24, 1905.

Application filed May 24:, 1904:. Serial No. 209,&31. I

Be it known that L SAMUEL HERBERT MC- VITTY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Bryn Mawr, in the county of Montgomery and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Temporary Binders, of which the following is a full, clear,- and exact description.

This invention relates to certain novel and useful improvements in temporary binders for periodicals, magazines; or the like. In carrying out the present invention I have particularly'in View so constructing my improved binder that it will be adapted to retain a number of periodicalswithout tearing or otherwise marring the same, thus enabling the periodical to be removed from the binder at any time and permanently bound, if -desired. i

A further object of the invention is to provide a binder which will always leave a' full view of every part of the periodical, this being a great advantage over the binders now generally in use, in which the middle portion of the periodical is obscured bythe binderfastenings.

A further object of my invention is to provide my improved binder with means passing beneath the staples or binding-pins of the periodical and the back of such periodical, thus enabling the latter to be easily and readily 'turned When desired.

I have also in View so constructing my improved binder that it will embody the essential features of Simplicity, durability, convenience. and inexpensiveness.

With the above-recitd and other objects of asimilar nature in view my invention consists in the Construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as is desc'ribed in this specification, delineated in the accompanying drawings and set forth in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a binder embodyng my mprovements, the covers or` leaves thereof being shown as opened or parted. Fg. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional View taken through a portion of the back of 'the binder and showing the means for retaining the binding-strips therein. Fig; 3 is a detail perspective view of a portion of one of the rods of the binder having mount- -ed thereon a clasp or clip of the character I employ for engaging the binding staple or pin of a periodical. Fig. 4: is atransverse vertical sectional view taken through a binder such as is shown in Fig; 1, and taken on the line 4; 4 in Fig. 5, and Fig. 5 is a plan view showing the Construction and arrangement of the binding-rods employed in my invention.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings in detail, 1 and 2 represent the covers of my improved-binden which may be of any suitable stiff material and are connected by a fiexible back, such as shown at 3. Along the inner surface of this flexible back is a 'supporting-strip 4:, preferably formed of metal, which is Secured in position on said back through the medium of a number of rivets 5, the end portions 6 of said strip 4 being bent atright angles to themain body portion of the strip :and preferably rounded or curved,

and the upper edges of said right-angled extensions are preferably rounded or curved, as shown at 7, to accommodate 'themselves to the shape of the book to be formed. i Connecting the strip 4: 'with the cover portions 1 and 2 at suitable intervals are hinges 8, which aid in fastening the back-strip securely to said covers, while at the same time the fiexibility of the binder is in no Way interfered With.

A row of apertures, as at 9, is arranged circumferentially of each end of the extended portions 6, near the curved edge 7 thereof, the apertures of one eXtended portion being in alinement with the corresponding apertures in the opposite extension, and through such apertures are adapted to pass the end portions of a number of rods 10, spaced apart a distance corresponding to the distance between the apertures of a row, such rods being formed of wire and secured to the end extensions bybending the extremities of the rods over the curved edges of said extensions and back par- .lOO

tance, as clearly shown at 11 in Fig. 2. It is of course to be understood that any number o' rods may be employed, one rod for each periodical to be held in the binder. Further, it will be evident that various means may be resorted to 'or securing the rods in position. Slidably mounted upon these rods are a number of clasping hooks or clips, as shown at 12, the tongue portion 13 of the hook being adapted to be inserted beneath the binding-staple of the periodical, and thereby hold the same, this being clearly shown in Fg. 3, where such tongue portion 13 is engaging the staple a in the back of the periodical A. In the present instance I have shown two of these sliding hooks for each rod; but any number may be placed upon each rod, depending upon the number of staples binding the periodical, and it is to be noted particularly in this connection that by mounting the clasping-hooks to slide upon the rod they may accommodate themselves to and clasp the binding-staples of the periodical, no matter how far apart or close together these staples may be. In case the periodical is not provided with bindin g-staples instead of employing the sliding metal clasphooks I provide the rod with a number of adhesive tabs 14:, as shown in Figs. 1 and 5, the magazine or periodieal being Secured in the binding by pasting the tab to the back-cover of such magazine.

The numerous advantages incident to a binder of this sort will be readily apparent. It will be noted that the Construction and form of the clasping-hooks are such that they may be cheaply made and readily applied to the rods of the binder and may then be moved along the same to engage the staples of any periodicals, no matter how much the distance between said staples may vary.

My improved binder permits a full View of all parts of the periodical and, furthermore, each periodical is supported by the extremities of the wire rods at either end.

While I have herein shown and described one particular embodiment of my invention, it is of course to be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise details of construction shown herein, as there may be modifications and variations in certain respects without departing from the essential features of the invention or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A temporary binder comprising cover portions and a back portion, a curved strip extending along the inner surface of said back portion, hinges connecting the longitudinal edges of said strip with the cover portions,

rods carried by said strip, and means slidable along said rods for engagng and retammg periodicals or the like, substantially as set terth.

2. A temporary binder comprising cover portions and a back portion, a curved strip secured on the inner surface of said back portion and connected at its longitudinal edges to the covers by hinges, the end portions ol? said strip being bent upwardly at right angles to the main portion thereof, and having rows of aliningapertures formed therein, rods Secured in the apertures of the extended portions ol' said strip, and means carried by said rods for engaging and retaining periodicals, magazines or the like, substantially as set forth.

3. A tenporary binder conprisingcover portions and a back portion, a strip extending longitudinally of the back portion and having the ends thereof arranged at right angles to the main portion ot' said strip, the upper edges of said end portions being rounded or curved, rods spaced apart and seeured at their ends lo said end portions of the strip near the curved upper edges thei-cof, and clasping-hooks slidable along said rods, said hooks being adapted to engage and retain magazines, periodicals or the like, substantially as set forth.

4. A temporary binder comprising cover portions and a back portion, a netallie strip secured to the back portion, the ends of said strip being bent or extended at right angles to the main body portion, the edges of said extended portions beingrounded, said extended portions also having apertures extending circunferentially thereof, metal rods having the ends thereof passing through alining apertures of each extended portion, whereby the rods are spaced apart and supported, and clasping-hooks slidably nounted on said rods, substantially as set forth.

5. In a temporary binder, a curved strip having its ends bent upwardly and provided with apertures, said strip bein provided intermediate of its ends with sectional and hinged projeetions, rods s'ecured in the apertures ol? the bent ends of the strip, and clasping-hooks slidably moun ted on the said rods, as set forth.

6. ln a temporary binder, a curved strip having at its ends Vertical members, and provided intermediate of its ends with sectioal and hinged projections, rods seeured to the vertical members of the strip, and :fastening devices carried by said rods, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specifieation in the presence of two sulscribng witnesses.

SriMUEh llElilEllT MGYITTY.

VVitnesses:

PHouBu QUINLY MoVrr'rY, T. E. MCVI'r'rr.

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